Abstract:
Nanotechnology gets my heart pounding, with its promise to cure ills as varied as cancer, underemployment and lackluster economies. It encourages me that the future can be better than the past.

If nanotechnology is going to make good on all of those hopes then we, those involved with it, need to do several things. We need to remove boulders from the publicís path to help them understand the basics of nanotechnology. We need to answer their questions and respond to fears, and we need to help point the way to the brighter future that nanotechnology may offer.